Joking

you said the world was magici was wide-eyed and laughingwe were dancing up to the bright sideforget about your egoforget about your prideand you will never have to compromiseand you were only jokingyou were only joking brother

we talked about our motherskissed the wounds of our fathersi could have been your sisteri would have been your brotheryou kissed me like i was a soldierheaded for a wari dying man but i don't know what forand you were only jokingyou were only joking brotheryou were only joking(wide-eyed and laughing)you were only joking brother(dancing up to the bright side)

gravel and glass on the bottom of my feeti bruised my heels on the swollen streetwe were girls in barsboys on the townbumping like a pinball off a careless crowdyou said good friends are hard to come byi laughed and bought you a beerit's too corny to crywell sentiment givenoh sentiment lostyou shake it off with a smirk and a tossand you were only jokingyou were only joking brotheryou were only jokingwere only joking brotherand you were only joking(gravel and glass on the bottom of my feet)you were only joking brother(i bruised my heels on the swollen street)you kissed me like a soldier heading for a war(joking)i'm a dying man(you were only joking)and you were only joking(don't know what for)(dying man)you were only joking brother(don't know what for)and you were onlyand you were onlyand you were only jokingbrother

one two three fourah yeahsha lasha lasha lasha lasha la(wide eyed and laughing)sha la(dancing up to the bright side)sha la(wide eyed and laughing)sha la(dancing up to the bright side)